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===Extremely distant superclusters=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;" |- ! style="background:#efefef;"| Galaxy supercluster ! style="background:#efefef;"| Data ! style="background:#efefef;"| Notes |- | [[Hyperion proto-supercluster]] | [[Redshift|z]]=2.45 | This supercluster at the time of its discovery in 2018 was the earliest and largest proto-supercluster found to date.<ref>{{citation |author=Miranda |first=Natalia A. Ramos |title=Scientists in Chile unveil 'A Cosmic Titan' cluster of galaxies |date=October 17, 2018 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-galaxy/scientists-in-chile-unveil-a-cosmic-titan-cluster-of-galaxies-idUSKCN1MR2RS |publisher=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|arxiv=1806.06073|title=The progeny of a Cosmic Titan: a massive multi-component proto-supercluster in formation at z=2.45 in VUDS|last1=Cucciati|first1=O.|last2=Lemaux|first2=B. C.|last3=Zamorani|first3=G.|last4=Le Fevre|first4=O.|last5=Tasca|first5=L. A. M.|last6=Hathi|first6=N. P.|last7=Lee|first7=K-G.|last8=Bardelli|first8=S.|last9=Cassata|first9=P.|last10=Garilli|first10=B.|last11=Le Brun|first11=V.|last12=Maccagni|first12=D.|last13=Pentericci|first13=L.|last14=Thomas|first14=R.|last15=Vanzella|first15=E.|last16=Zucca|first16=E.|last17=Lubin|first17=L. M.|last18=Amorin|first18=R.|last19=Cassara'|first19=L. P.|last20=Cimatti|first20=A.|last21=Talia|first21=M.|last22=Vergani|first22=D.|last23=Koekemoer|first23=A.|last24=Pforr|first24=J.|last25=Salvato|first25=M.|journal = [[Astronomy & Astrophysics]]|year=2018|volume = 619|pages = A49|doi = 10.1051/0004-6361/201833655|bibcode = 2018A&A...619A..49C|s2cid = 119472428}}</ref> |- | [[Lynx Supercluster]] | [[Redshift|z]]=1.27 | Discovered in 1999<ref> {{cite journal |author=Rosati, P. |display-authors=etal |date=1999 |title=An X-Ray-Selected Galaxy Cluster at z = 1.26 |journal=[[The Astronomical Journal]] |volume=118 |issue=1 |pages=76β85 |arxiv=astro-ph/9903381 |bibcode=1999AJ....118...76R |doi=10.1086/300934 |s2cid=2560006 }}</ref> (as [[ClG J0848+4453]], a name now used to describe the western cluster, with [[ClG J0849+4452]] being the eastern one),<ref> {{cite web |title=Lynx Supercluster |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NAME%20LYNX%20SUPERCLUSTER |work=[[SIMBAD]] }}</ref> it contains at least two clusters [[RXJ 0848.9+4452]] (z=1.26) and [[RXJ 0848.6+4453]] (z=1.27) . At the time of discovery, it became the most distant known supercluster.<ref> {{cite journal |author=Nakata, F. |display-authors=etal |date=2004 |title=Discovery of a large-scale clumpy structure of the Lynx supercluster at zβΌ1.27 |journal=[[Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union]] |volume=2004 |pages=29β33 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |bibcode=2004ogci.conf...29N |doi=10.1017/S1743921304000080 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |isbn=0-521-84908-X |doi-access=free }}</ref> Additionally, seven smaller groups of galaxies are associated with the supercluster.<ref> {{cite journal |author=Ohta, K. |display-authors=etal |date=2003 |title=Optical Identification of the ASCA Lynx Deep Survey: An Association of Quasi-Stellar Objects and a Supercluster at z = 1.3? |journal=[[The Astrophysical Journal]] |volume=598 |issue=1 |pages=210β215 |arxiv=astro-ph/0308066 |bibcode=2003ApJ...598..210O |doi=10.1086/378690 |s2cid=117171639 }}</ref> |- | SCL @ 1338+27 at z=1.1 | [[Redshift|z]]=1.1 Length=70Mpc | A rich supercluster with several galaxy clusters was discovered around an unusual concentration of 23 [[quasar|QSO]]s at z=1.1 in 2001. The size of the complex of clusters may indicate a [[galaxy filament|wall of galaxies]] exists there, instead of a single supercluster. The size discovered approaches the size of the [[CfA2 Great Wall]] filament. At the time of the discovery, it was the largest and most distant supercluster beyond z=0.5<ref> {{cite conference |author=Tanaka, I. |date=2004 |title=Subaru Observation of a Supercluster of Galaxies and QSOS at Z = 1.1 |book-title=Studies of Galaxies in the Young Universe with New Generation Telescope, Proceedings of Japan-German Seminar, held in Sendai, Japan, July 24β28, 2001 |pages=61β64 |bibcode=2004sgyu.conf...61T }}</ref><ref> {{cite journal |author=Tanaka, I. |author2=Yamada, T. |author3=Turner, E. L. |author4=Suto, Y. |date=2001 |title=Superclustering of Faint Galaxies in the Field of a QSO Concentration at z ~ 1.1 |journal=[[The Astrophysical Journal]] |volume=547 |issue= 2|pages=521β530 |arxiv=astro-ph/0009229 |bibcode=2001ApJ...547..521T |doi=10.1086/318430 |s2cid=119439816 }}</ref> |- | SCL @ 1604+43 at z=0.9 | [[Redshift|z]]=0.91 | This supercluster at the time of its discovery was the largest supercluster found so deep into space, in 2000. It consisted of two known rich clusters and one newly discovered cluster as a result of the study that discovered it. The then known clusters were [[Cl 1604+4304]] (z=0.897) and [[Cl 1604+4321]] (z=0.924), which then known to have 21 and 42 known galaxies respectively. The then newly discovered cluster was located at {{RA|16|04|25.7}}, {{DEC|+43|14|44.7}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=A Definitive Optical Detection of a Supercluster at z β 0.91 |date=2000 |author=Lubin, L. M. |display-authors=etal |journal=[[The Astrophysical Journal]] |volume=531 |issue=1 |pages=L5βL8 |arxiv=astro-ph/0001166 |bibcode=2000ApJ...531L...5L |doi=10.1086/312518 |pmid=10673401 |s2cid=14588174 }}</ref> |- <!-- | [[North Ecliptic Pole Supercluster]] ([[NEP Supercluster]], [[NEPSC]]) | z=0.88 | |- --> | SCL @ 0018+16 at z=0.54 in SA26 | [[Redshift|z]]=0.54 | This supercluster lies around radio galaxy [[54W084C]] (z=0.544) and is composed of at least three large clusters, [[CL 0016+16]] (z=0.5455), [[RX J0018.3+1618]] (z=0.5506), [[RX J0018.8+1602]] .<ref> {{cite journal |title=Superclustering at Redshift z = 0.54 |date=1996 |author=Connolly, A. J. |display-authors=etal |journal=[[The Astrophysical Journal Letters]] |volume=473 |issue=2 |pages=L67βL70 |arxiv=astro-ph/9610047 |bibcode=1996ApJ...473L..67C |doi=10.1086/310395 |s2cid=17697662 }}</ref> |- | [[MS 0302+17]] | [[Redshift|z]]=0.42 Length=6Mpc | This supercluster has at least three member clusters, the eastern cluster [[CL 0303+1706]], southern cluster [[MS 0302+1659]] and northern cluster [[MS 0302+1717]].<ref>University of Hawaii, [http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~kaiser/pictures/ms0302/caption.html "The MS0302+17 Supercluster"], Nick Kaiser. Retrieved 15 September 2009.</ref> |- |}
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